PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

“If a firm needs to digitally onboard someone and verify them, we can help that company do that fairly seamlessly,” Samer Atassi, regional director, Latin America and Caribbean for Jumio, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Identifications aren’t standardized across Latin America, and they’re based on paper in many cases.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

The Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) has announced the launch of a BIS Innovation Hub to enable central banks around the world to collaborate on financial technology solutions and innovation. Additional Centres across the Americas and Europe will be added during a second phase. “I

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Visa and banking-as-a-service platform NovoPayment are expanding their strategic partnership to advance the deployment of digital solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, Visa said in a press release on Tuesday (Dec. Visa has also made a strategic investment in NovoPayment.

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Chris Skinner

APRIL 21, 2017

I’ve blogged about how I see leadership in the developing (developed now) economies of China and India, and the new innovation models of emerging economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, but not quite in the way in which I see them now. The mainstream FinTech discussions here in Europe and America is how to reboot the antiquated banking system.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2021

The company, which works in over 200 nations and territories, was begun by Yuval Tal in Israel and is currently headed up by CEO Scott Galit. However, now, the cadence of innovation is so quick that SMBs need financial help to keep up — and McNicoll said FinTech firms and legacy banks can offer that by collaborating in lieu of competing.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 1, 2017

I’m regularly blogging and talking about the legacy economy known as America. Back in December, I picked up on this new Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Ruling to issue national FinTech bank charters. Which country took a decade longer to get Chip & PIN than most? Land of the free, and home of the brave.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The round was led by venture capital firm Dawn and The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund. Established in 2011, iZettle enables small business merchants across Europe and Latin America to accept card payments. Swedish payment company iZettle today announced it raised €40 million ($47.05 million) in funding to accelerate growth.

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Cisco

JANUARY 10, 2023

Whether a community bank or a credit union, regional insurer, or multi-national financial institution, cross-functional engagement with champions, key influencers and ultimate decision-makers also helps to eliminate silos inherent in the financial services industry. Cybersecurity Readiness Assessment.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 13, 2017

I knew exactly what he was getting at, as the banks I deal with in USA, UK, France, Germany and other European nations are always fretting over the challenge with their old systems. Meanwhile, a third trend is occurring, which is the rise of mobile payment and wallet innovations in the developing and emerging economies.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

According to the Making Instant Pay Global Playbook , public utility companies are innovating their payment methods to include online and mobile options to meet consumer demand and stay competitive. Like Southern Company Gas, National Grid also wanted to build a mobile payment app but was held back by legacy infrastructure.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2020

million) in a funding round in January and now hopes to use that to grow in Latin America and other parts of Europe where it isn’t yet established. Other listed companies that will now be connected with Tink include the National Bank of Greece, France’s La Banque Postale and Telefonica. Tink received 90 million euros ($100.1

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Among other findings, that report found that innovations in AI were powering many non-bank firms’ capabilities and product and service offerings. The reader is urged to think back to when embedded finance and embedded financial services were deemed to be the future of banking in America.

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Alex Jimenez

APRIL 7, 2024

One executive told me that while he still supported innovation, it would have to wait. Pausing Innovation This was on my mind when reading this article about Nike’s innovation woes. Many banks seemed to be doing that in the past two years, despite accelerating innovation during the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2018

We are going through that [with] Mastercard, as we’re investing a lot in our own agility,” he said, noting that, industry-wide, “we are not just talking about product innovation; we are talking about process innovation.”. with nascent opportunities in Europe, Africa and Latin America, among other locales.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2020

100 for User A in America, 200 pesos for User B in Mexico and so forth) in order to perform transactions in a secure, fast and reliable way.”. A central entity may maintain exclusive rights to create or destroy currency in a region such as a nation. A central entity may implement a monetary policy and issue currency.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

EMEA, Asia and the Pacific and Latin America. The deals sometimes concerned big players, including “some of the largest and most innovative companies in the world (e.g. Comparing it favorably to the first half of 2019, Feedzai says it closed deals in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Bank of America (BoA) may have hired a treasury product manager to work with Ripple. The incumbent will be responsible for driving product strategy and growth, overseeing daily product management routines, and overseeing the development of new initiatives that result in an innovative and highly competitive product offering.”.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Despite predictions of a bleak economy and decreasing investment spending from businesses, banks will not be cutting down their technology spend in 2019, according to Kurt Spieler, Chief Investment Officer at First National Bank of Omaha.

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2016

Over the past eight weeks PYMNTS has cast a weekly global spotlight on one of the many tech hubs fostering innovation and tech advancements across the world. Tel Aviv Fuels Israel’s ‘Startup Nation’ Reputation. businesses find partners in Israel to drive their innovation agendas forward.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2019

The realm of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is and actually always has been a pretty innovative space. In the modern digital era of QSR, it is almost impossible not to mention Starbucks and its myriad contributions to innovation — including the first really successful launch of a mobile wallet product in the U.S.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 18, 2016

Bank of America held its second-quarter earnings call today, and was the last of the nation’s largest banks to do so. JPMorgan Chase is winning the mobile game. Mobile is of interest on bank earnings calls primarily as a cost-saving measure, as digital customers are less expensive to serve. For instance, Read More.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

Currencycloud Co-Founder and General Manager North America Richard Arundel said in the announcement, “By embedding Currencycloud’s FX solution into their offering, Derivative Path’s customers will be able to compete with super-regional and global banks on FX and cross-border payments.”

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BankInovation

AUGUST 11, 2020

Bank Innovation talked with some of the biggest banks across the country to learn how mobile banking has changed in the past five months and what’s […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Customers visiting OXXO’s 14,000 locations can receive their funds by completing their payout information independently via one of three options — calling a national hotline in advance or using dedicated in-store phones and digital devices. Western Union , a global payment services company, announced on Thursday (Oct.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 30, 2018

Citigroup has a digital-heavy, branch-light business approach that extends beyond its National Digital Bank platform (announced in March and currently in testing phase), according to Stephen Bird, CEO of Citi’s Global Consumer Banking.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Commerce Department is expanding its Trade Finance Advisory Council (TFAC), having recently appointed 21 new members to the group in an effort to explore innovation in and access to trade finance. ” Other members of the group include Mastercard, John Deere, City National Bank and First American Bank.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Remittances to developing nations continue to grow, which has spurred many global markets to pursue efforts to enable more efficient cross-border payments. World Bank data shows that remittances to low- and middle-income nations reached a record high last year, with migrants sending $529 billion to their home countries. innovations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

The National Retail Federation ’s annual convention may have come and gone but the sentiments, strategies and lessons learned from facing nearly a year of pandemic-led changes by some of the world’s largest merchants are going nowhere fast — especially when it comes to their embrace of increased digitalization.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The startup has mapped 34 cities in Africa and its working in Latin America, Southeast Asia and India. Liil Ventures led the round, and previous investors Global Innovation Fund and Goodwell Investments also participated. Google, Nedbank and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) also took part.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

My bank’s tagline is ‘Where dreams meet solutions,’ and it serves as my guiding inspiration at the bank and, now, at the national level. My bank’s tagline is “Where dreams meet solutions,” and it serves as my guiding inspiration at the bank and, now, at the national level. Innovation. Photo by Chris Williams. Education.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

"We need to continue to think about how to engage our partners within today’s reality and how to help those partners serve their customers in new ways," he says in " A Look Forward: What Executives Wish for America and the World in 2021. "We We need to be ever mindful of constituents facing different struggles or seeking new opportunities.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

With a new commerce deal for the soccer world, Ant Financial’s Alipay has partnered with Europe’s UEFA to bring its platform to events sanctioned by the organization’s men’s national team. Terms of the arrangement, which is said to have a duration of eight years, were not made public, CNBC reported.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

As PYMNTS has spoken with innovators in areas like commerce and telemedicine who are facing the effects emergent health crisis directly, a consensus has emerged. Innovators and creative players will pull the opportunity from the problem, but the hits are real and likely will get worse before they get better, particularly in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Visa will be working with the National Football League (NFL) on fully digital, cashless payments for the Super Bowl, a press release says. Mary Ann Reilly , senior vice president and head of North America marketing with Visa, said the new developments were important to keeping the NFL safe amid the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

100 for User A in America, 200 pesos for User B in Mexico and so forth) in order to perform transactions in a secure, fast and reliable way.”. “A A central entity may maintain exclusive rights to create or destroy currency in a region such as a nation. A central entity may implement a monetary policy and issue currency.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

It will use proceeds to leverage technology and invest in innovative ideas to drive the long-term health and wellness of all citizens. The SPAC raised the money to invest in the sector even though restaurants have taken a huge hit since the pandemic struck America in March. Fifth Wall And BNP Raise Funds For European Property Tech .

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2017

Department of Transportation’s national count in 2016, there were 3,378 bike-share docking stations across 104 U.S. Bikes are really culturally agnostic; it doesn’t matter if you are in Europe, North America or Asia — everyone pretty much understands the concept of bikes and the vast majority of people know how to ride one.

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